Executive Transactions

N.Y. Road Runners named TCS N.Y. Marathon Exec VP/Event Development & Broadcast Production PETER CIACCIA to the newly created position of Chief Production Officer and promoted Exec VP/Operations, Administration & Strategy MICHAEL CAPIRASO to the newly created position of COO (NYRR).

EXECS: CBS Sports Radio promoted MIKE THOMAS to VP/Sports Programming (CBS)....N.Y. law firm Hand Baldachin & Amburgey named former Women's Professional Soccer Commissioner & CEO JENNIFER POGORELEC O'SULLIVAN a partner for the firm's sports & entertainment practice group (HBA)....Law firm Garvey Schubert Barer named NFL agent EUGENE LEE Of Counsel at its N.Y. office. Lee will join the firm's sports & entertainment group (Garvey Schubert Barer)....New Mexico State Univ. announced that AD MCKINLEY BOSTON's 10-year tenure at "will end Dec. 31." NMSU President GARREY CARRUTHERS has "made it clear he expects more from the top athletic post in the area of fundraising." Carruthers said that a national search "is underway, but the university won't rush to name Boston's replacement" (LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS, 8/21)....The Univ. at Albany named Old Dominion Univ. Assistant VP/Athletic Development MARK BENSON AD. He replaces longtime AD LEE MCELROY, who retired in June (BIZJOURNALS.com, 8/20).